# Exponential: How to Bridge the Gap Between Technology and Society

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/books/exponential-how-to-bridge-the-gap-between-technology-and-society/
- Published: 2021-05-10T18:36:40+01:00
- Author: Howard Lake

**Writer and technologist Azeem Azhar’s first book _Exponential: How to Bridge the
Gap Between Technology and Society _explores the notion that we are living through
a transition from the Industrial Age to the Exponential Age, driven by a wave of
transformative, exponential technologies.**

Readers of Azhar’s weekly email Exponential View will have discovered the breadth
and depth of his interests and analysis over 320 issues.

The ‘exponential gap’ he posits is the gap between the power of new technology and
humans’ and their institutions’ ability to keep up. It helps explain the gulf between
established businesses and fast-growing digital platforms, the inability of nation
states to deal with new forms of cyberwarfare, and the sclerotic response of liberal
democracies to fast-moving social problems.

But this gap does not need to grow and exacerbate further tensions. Drawing on fields
as varied as economics, political science and psychology, Azhar sketches out how
we can harness the power of tech to serve our real needs – fostering new ways of
doing business, innovative forms of politics, and fresh approaches to national defence.

> 🤩 EXCITING NEWS: I’ve written a book! It arrives in September and is available
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> — Azeem Azhar (@azeem) [May 7, 2021](https://twitter.com/azeem/status/1390608239428050947?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

“Azeem Azhar is one of the best-regarded thought leaders in the industry. But more
importantly, he has a broad understanding of the exponential ways technology can
be used to solve our biggest problems, shape our society, and bridge cultural divides.”
**
Daniel Ek, founder and CEO of Spotify**